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Measurement of the relevance of research topics and results

Topicality of academic articles and issues of the review process DGT Workshop Sep 16, 2006, Munich Prof. Dr. Christian Laesser University of St. Gallen. Measurement of the relevance of research topics and results. discipline as such education working life. Basic questions.

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Measurement of the relevance of research topics and results

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  1. Topicality of academic articles and issues of the review processDGT Workshop Sep 16, 2006, MunichProf. Dr. Christian LaesserUniversity of St. Gallen

  2. Measurement of the relevance of research topics and results • discipline as such • education • working life

  3. Basic questions • To what extent are tourism and management • sciences? • professions? • Where do research questions ought to come from? From • „Further research“ sections in papers? • practical needs and problems? • How is research impact measured? • by CSSI and similar? • by transmission of results in practiceand implementation of potential conclusions?

  4. Paper producers and their audiences Problem producer Research and paper producer Solution receiver Full academic Full academic Full academic Partial Academic Partial Academic Partial Academic Full Practitioner Full Practitioner Full Practitioner

  5. Structure of a scientific paper:Diverging interests between reader groups • Abstract • Problem production • Introduction/ Purpose (Precondition of LitResearch) • Reserach Question • Research production • Literature Review • Method and Data • Solution reception • Results • Discussion • Conclusion • Questions for further research

  6. Scientific work and its standards intersubjective traceability by means of application of qualified methods and an objective view Reliability Validity (external and internal) Consistency Practical work and its standards practical relevance –real answers on real questions by means of application of simple qualified methods and a perspective view Coherence Consistency Scientific work and its standards vs.practical work and its standards

  7. Interlinking basic and applied research and their corresponding publication Diffusion Application • Basic research: • internationally publishable results • No distinctive customer group • Long term research strategy • Methods development • Applied research: • Publishable results • Broadly defined customer group • Clearly delimited research object • Methods application • Consulting: • Not necessarily publishable • Clearly delimited customers • Customer ownership of results • Recommendations Meta projects Comparisons, aggregation New (research) questions Meta projects Comparisons, aggregation New (research) questions • deficit • Further education for academic staff • Results serve as basis for other projects • Creating an international profile • Mix of customer driven/ self initiated • Costs covered • Practice for full academic staff • Full results transfer to lectures • Securing agenda leading position in regional and industry terms • On demand/ customer driven • Cash cow • Practice for research assistants • Case studies for lectures • Building up of close industry relations (nationally and internationally)

  8. Positioning a journal =Guideline for the review process • Audience • Rationale and fundament of research questions • Degree of complexity (in terms of traceability) of content(vs. rigor of methodological approach?) • Qualification or claim to transmit conclusions into actions (applicability of results) • Degree of overriding of review results by editor

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